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Analysis of Thin Films Growth in Vertical CVD Reactor

Abstract
The development and advancement of microelectronics technology has been very dramatic. However the cost of creating new process technology by using experiment has been very high. By using computer simulation to evaluate the performance of these equipment, we are able to achieve the same goal at a much lower cost.
The reactor of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is very important to semiconductor production process. This research use numerical method (simulation) to study the process parameters of Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) of silicon (Si). In this simulation, the CVD reactor modelings are constructed and discredited by using implicit finite volume method. The grids are arranged in a staggered manner for the discretization of the governing equations. Then the SIMPLE-type algorithm is used to solve all of the discretized algebra equations.
Many people in the field are beginning to realize that these challenges can no longer be tackled with the traditional trial-and-error method which have dominated the CVD technology since its beginning, and that modeling may lead to better process and equipment design, reduced costs, and improved IC manufacturing. It is also to be expected that in the future, detailed CVD simulation models will not only be used in design and optimization, but also in real-time process control.
Key word: chemical vapor deposition, flow simulation, natural convection.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0624102-145355
Date24 June 2002
CreatorsCheng, Wei-Ming
ContributorsPo-Chuan Hunag, Hwang, Jen-Jyh, Charlie Chang
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0624102-145355
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